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Monday, July 11, 2016

Hope you had an enjoyable weekend. I had a delightful one.
I'm going to take a friend some banana bread, but before
I give it away I wanted to taste it. I made three
small loafs of banana bread. I eat one, took a
photograph of one and wrapped one for delivery.
Awile back at the thrift store I found a
cookbook by GladysTaber. Called the Stillmeadow Cook Book.
Susan Branch is a fan of Gladys Taber and I can
understand why. Reading the recipes turns back the
clock to my early days of cooking as a young bride
and new mother. The cookbook was first published
in 1965. I was married on July 17, 1960, at the age
of 19. Raising three children in the 60s cooking
was a real job. Without fast food restaurants
to catch a quick meal and a break from cooking that
I would have enjoyed. Cooking was a chore. Three meals a day,
packing school lunches and sweetheart's lunch for work
I put some long hours in the kitchen every day.
So here is a nice and simple delicious Banana Bread recipe.
I hope you enjoy.
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The bananas should not be green, just yellow, flecked with brown at the tip.

I couldn't help stopping for afternoon tea to taste the Banana Bread with a little bit of cream cheese slathered on a slice of bread.

Lomonosov Blue and White Cobalt tea set

I am a little late for the fourth of July with my red, white and blue,
but my roses are blooming again and 'Ingrid Bergman' was begging to
be picked. She is a beautiful and fragrant rose. I wrapped the
bread in a box set I found at Wal-Mart in the baking section. I have
two boxes left. The twine is from Wal-Mart too.

9 comments:

Dear Betty:Just last night I told my hubby "I need to make a banana bread" with those bananas! What perfect timing Betty. Thanks for sharing and linking this delicious recipe and information about Susan's "hero".

Mmm, I love home made banana bread, Betty! And I especially like it with cream cheese slathered on it. Back in the day, we didn't eat out in restaurants either because we couldn't afford to. So I too spent many, many hours cooking and baking in my kitchen. But I loved every minute of it. I have admit however, that it is a treat for me to get out to a restaurant now though. I have been baking up a storm here lately because my whole family will be home in a week or so. Banana bread wasn't on the menu but I like the sound of your recipe so I may just have to bake up some. Thanks for sharing and enjoy your day.

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